VPN-1021

AUG 17, 1997
EXPLOSIVE CHEMICALS CAUSE EVACUATION
82-44 249 ST, QUEENS VILLAGE, QUEENS
-NYPD DETECTIVE LIGHTS UP CIGARETTE AT NIGHT, RESIDENTS ON QUIET STREET, NYPD POLICE CAR AND BOMB SQUAD UNIT ARRIVE, HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER,MANY DETECTIVES IN STREET TALKING
-BOMB TECHNICIAN AND EMERGENCY SERVICE TRUCKS
-BOMB CONTAINMENT DEVICE, BIG OPERATION - REMOVING BOXES OF CHEMICALS ?? FROM HOUSE
-WRAPPED BODY OF DEAD VICTIM IN SHROUD?? WHEELED OUT OF HOUSE BY EMTS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS
-STREET SIGN: 83 AVE AND 249 ST

AUG 17, 1997
ANTI-SEMITIC GRAFFITI IN BOROUGH PARK
46 ST NEAR 14 AVE, BROOKLYN
-HATE CRIME, "FUCK JEWS" WRITTEN ON SCHOOL BUS FOR BETH JACOB SCHOOL, MINI BUS AND LARGE YELLOW BUS, SWASTIKAS
-EXT OF BETH JACOB SCHOOL OF BORO PARK AT 1369
-STREET SIGN: 14 AVE

AUG 17, 1997
SHOOT OUT INJURES THREE PEOPLE
601 WEST 139 STREET, HARLEM, MANHATTAN
-NYPD DETECTIVES ON STREET AT DUSK, K-9 COPS WITH GERMAN SHEPHERD, 30 PRECINCT CAR
-COPS IN ASSAULT GEAR, HELMETS AND VESTS AS SUN SETS
-STREET SIGN: BROADWAY AND WEST 139 ST

AUG 18, 1997
NYC A.C.S. WORKER CHARGED IN EXPLOSIVE CHEMICALS
105 PRECINCT, QUEENS VILLAGE, QUEENS
-PERP WALK OF MIDDLE AGED WHITE HANDCUFFED MALE, LED OUT OF PRECINCT TO CAR
-EXT OF 105 PRECINCT

AUG 18, 1997
4 STABBED ABOARD THE CIRCLE LINE
WEST 41 ST AND 12 AVE, MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN
-ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AMBULANCE AT PIER, NEON SIGN FOR THE CIRCLE LINE

AUG 18, 1997
CHURCH ROBBERY AND PRIEST TIED UP
310 VANDERBILT ST AND EAST 3 ST, KENSINGTON, BROOKLYN
-INTERNATIONAL BAPTIST CHURCH EXT AT NIGHT, STEEPLE AND CROSS
-STREET SIGN: VANDERBILT ST AND EAST 3 ST

AUG 19, 1997
T.V. EXPLOSION
1065 MADISON AVE NEAR EAST 81 ST, MANHATTAN
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES IN STREET AT NIGHT, NEW WHITE POLICE CARS, FDNY FIRETRUCKS WITH FLASHING LIGHTS ON SCENE, FULL MOON

AUG 20, 1997
SUICIDE RESCUE AT 90 FEET
FDNY'S BRONX COMMUNICATION OFFICE, 1129 EAST 180 ST, BRONX
-MEN ON RADIO TOWER AT NIGHT, DIFFICULT TO SEE, MAN TIES A ROPE, NYPD ON GROUND WAITING WITH EMTS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS, FULL MOON
-COPS ESCORT HANDCUFFED WHITE TEEN, DISHEVELED AND STONED OR DRUNK LOOKING
-EXT OF THE FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH BUREAU, BRONX CENTRAL OFFICE

AUG 20, 1997
BROOKLYN'S FIFTH AVENUE 2 ALARM FIRE
599 FIFTH AVE AND 16 ST, PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN
-FDNY FIRETRUCKS AND FIREFIGHTERS AT NIGHT, AERIAL TOWER LADDER, FLASHING LIGHTS, ORANGE FLAMES AGAINST BLACK SKY, FIREMEN ON FIRE ESCAPES
-RESCUE OF MANY ASIAN RESIDENTS, HELPING THEM DOWN LADDER BAREFOOT, APARTMENT OVER C-TOWN GROCERY STORE
-TWIN AMBULANCES WAIT WITH VICTIMS
-STREET SIGN: 5 AVE AND 16 ST

AUG 21, 1997
PEDESTRIAN SHOT AND KILLED
CONEY ISLAND AVE AND AVE J, MIDWOOD BROOKLYN
-RAINY NIGHT, VICTIM'S UMBRELLA IN PUDDLE, VAN WITH FRONT END DAMAGE, DRIVER IN BACK SEAT OF POLICE CAR WITH FLASHING LIGHTS IN FRONT OF RITE- AID
-STREET SIGN: CONEY ISLAND AVE AND AVE J

AUG 21, 1997
HOME INVASION AND ATTEMPTED CAR THEFT
108 ST NEAR 51 AVE, QUEENS, CORONA
-NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK WITH COPS IN THE RAIN, INVESTIGATION AT HOUSE
-103 PRECINCT TRUCK, NEW WHITE NYPD VEHICLE
-COPS AND DETECTIVES QUESTION RESIDENTS AT FRONT DOOR, CAR WITH CONN. PLATES

AUG 21, 1997
SUSPECT ARRESTED FOR HOLDING HOUSE-KEEPER
34 PRECINCT STATION HOUSE, MANHATTAN
-PERP WALK OF WHITE MALE IN HOSPITAL GOWN, LED FROM PRECINCT TO CAR
-EXT OF 34 PRECINCT, HUDSON HEIGHTS

AUG 22, 1997
STAIRWELL DOUBLE HOMICIDE
130 EAST 115 ST, EAST HARLEM, MANHATTAN
-NYPD DETECTIVES DISCUSS CASE OUTSIDE DOORWAY TO BUILDING, LOOKS LIKE PROJECTS OR PUBLIC HOUSING
-BODIES OF MURDER VICTIMS ARE CARRIED OUT ON STRETCHERS AND LOADED IN AMBULANCE

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